Improvement in berry-cups



D. w. KNIFFIVN.

Berry-Cup.

Patnted May 25,1875.

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ATTORNEYS THE GRAPHIC CD.PNOT0LITH.39&4I PRK PLACEJLY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DEWITT W. KNIFFIN, OF MARLBOROUGH, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BERRY-CUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.l.63,665, dated May 25,1875; applic ation filed April 17, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, DEWITT W. KNIFEIN, of Marlborough, Ulster county,New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Berry-Oups, ofwhich the following is a specification: v

The object of this invention is to render berry-cups more durable thanthey are now.

The common berry-cup is made witha body fastened in by means of nails ortacks, the shrinking and swelling of which soon makes the cup useless.ure from the berries, and it consequently swells and then shrinks, andsoon becomes loose and drops out.

The present invention consists of a double bottom, with the parts placedcrosswise of each other, fastened together with tacks or pegs, and oneof the parts is provided with tenons, (four, more or less which tenonspass through slot-holes in the body.

Figure l is a horizontal section, showing the bottom and the manner ofsupporting it in the rim, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1,taken on the line x x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the body, which is made in the usual manner of a Veneer coiled orthin piece of wood 0r other material, and lapped and fastlhe bottomattracts moist#y ened with nails, or cemented. B is the bottom, made oftwo thicknesses of veneer or similar thin material, O and D. These partsare fastened together with the grain running at right angles, diagonallyor crosswise so as to counteract the tendency to split, and the effectsof swelling. One part, l), of the bottom has two or more tenons, E, andthe body A is provided with slot-holes E', through which the tenonspass, as seen in the drawing. The other part of the bottom O just titsinside the body, as represented.

By this method of forming the cup the bottom is secured in place and thecup rendered strong and durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A berry-cup made of wood-veneering, having a bottom oftwo thicknesses fastened together with the grain of the Wood at rightangles, one part having tenons which pass through slots in the body, andhold the bottom to the body, substantially in the manner shown anddescribed.

DEWITT W. KNIFFIN. Witnesses:

T. B. MosHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

